As Global Economy Sags, Political Leaders Are AWOL

Clive Crook

October 16, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT

Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- I keep reading that politics right
now is all about the economy -- in the U.S., in Europe, in
China, in India, wherever. The U.S. presidential election is
focused so fiercely on the economy, in fact, that actual policy
making has been shut down for months. Apparently it’s not
possible to worry about the economy and do something about it at
the same time.

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